Bob Woodward had lunch with White House officials after a spat erupted between the legendary journalist and an Obama administration official. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said he, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling and White House press secretary Jay Carney had lunch with the veteran journalist in the White House’s mess hall.
“It was a good conversation,” Pfeiffer said Wednesday at Politico’s Playbook Breakfast. “We had a good laugh about this, and we had a serious discussion about the issues.”
The drama between Woodward and the White House started after Woodward published an article claiming that the sequester deal stipulated it could only be replaced with spending cuts. The White House panned the article, and Sperling told Woodward he would regret his reporting. While Woodward never specifically called Sperling’s remark a threat, he did concede that it seemed like a “coded ‘you better watch out.'”
Pfeiffer on Wednesday said White House staffers want to continue to be on good terms with Woodward and would not limit his access.
